Detail View: Image Archives: Drying Choke Cherries
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File Name:
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73-083.jpg
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catalog number:
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IV.73-083
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collection:
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Image Archives
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title:
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Drying Choke Cherries
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creator:
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Hendrina Hospers
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creator type:
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photographer
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creator:
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Christine Powers
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creator type:
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creator of digital collection
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description:
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Choke-cherries grow wild. They are gathered and dried for winter use. They are a small cherry with a soft stone inside. The berry and pits are ground on the grinding stone or metate by the mano or hand-stone. The ground fresh fruit is molded in little flat cakes and placed in open air to dry. In the dry high altitude air, this is about a four-day process. They are stored in cloth bags. The little cakes are boiled as we would use prunes.
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date:
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1915-1950
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date type:
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date of photograph
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location:
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USA, New Mexico, Jicarilla Apache Reservation, Dulce
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modified:
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no
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format:
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image/jpg
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file size:
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2.48 MB
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source:
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8 X 10 black and white photographic print scanned with Epson Expression 10000XL at 300dpi, 16-bit grayscale
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rights:
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use with permission Denver Museum of Nature and Science
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